How to create content for use in Mischief

You can watch this video for PowerPoint 2007 (2003 is very similar):

Using PowerPoint with Mischief

• Overview:
  
  • Create a PowerPoint file.
  • Add some tags into the PPT file (see next
    section).
  • Run Mischief.exe
  • Mischief opens the PPT file and renders the PPT
    file interactively
• Look
  at the sample PPTs for ideas. You can copy activities out of this and
  modify at will.
• Do not use transitions or animations. If your PPT file has them,
  they will be ignored by Mischief.

Add-in Tips

• You
  must save the PPT files in the “lecture” folder.
• When
  using *blank: an icon showing which student owns that blank will appear to
  the LEFT of the blank, so leave some room for that.
• Inserts a True/False activity.
• Inserts a Multiple Choice
  activity. Choose the number of answer choices by clicking the drop-down triangle.
  Answer choices can be images by modifying the background of an answer
  choice. They can also be rotated, etc.
• Inserts a Short Answer
  activity. Choose the number of blanks by clicking the drop-down triangle.
  These blanks can be dragged around or deleted at will. An alphabet
  keyboard is inserted by default. You can change this by deleting the
  default keyboard and pressing “Number buttons” to add a keypad (see
  below).
• For Short Answer activities,
  an on-screen keyboard may be required (e.g. a math question). Use this
  button to add one. Modify the size and location of the keyboard as
  desired.
• For Short Answer activities,
  an on-screen keypad may be required (e.g. a math question). Use this
  button to add one. Modify the size and location of the keyboard as
  desired.
• When a shape is selected, you
  can toggle this on and it means students can drag it. Specify 2 or 3
  students required to drag by clicking the drop-down triangle.
• By toggling this on, a palette
  appears and students will be able to draw on the slide.
• On any slide,
  add/modify/delete a timer by adjusting this drop-down. You can type new
  values into it also (e.g. 16 seconds).
• For advanced users, the
  selected shape’s “hidden tag” is displayed here and can be modified. The
  “hidden tag” maps to the “Alternative Text” property of that shape. See
  below for details.
• Inserts a scoreboard component
  which shows a ranked list of students where the teacher can add stars.

Mischief
Activities
Using the basic Mischief concepts, the number of possible activities is
limitless. ‘Drag-and-drop’ can be used for many activities. Short answer can
be used for sentence completion, etc.

• Multiple-Choice
  (text, image)
• Fill
  in the blank (numbers, English letters)
• Jigsaw
  Puzzle
• Drag
  and Drop (using 1-3 students to drag a shape)
• Paint/Draw
• Match
  (uses Draw)
• Scoreboard
• Content
  Slide (no interaction)

Advanced: without the add-in

You
must add normal PPT shapes and set the “Alternative Text” property
(right-click the item, choose “Format Shape/Picture/Textbox/AutoShape”, then
the “Web” tab) and specify what interactive component should be rendered at
that shapes location and size. To do this, you type “*” character followed by
a command.

Commands
are found in the Mischief.config file. The default is:

• <Choice>:
  renders multiple-choice button(s)
• <Blank>:
  renders a “fill-in-the-blank” balloon
• <Match>:
  disregard
• <Timer>:
  renders a timer with integer parameter [usage: “*timer*20” for 20 seconds]
• <Keypad>:
  renders a calculator for fill-in-the-blank questions
• <Keyboard>:
  renders a calculator for fill-in-the-blank questions
• <Drag>:
  students can drag shapes around on-screen. Integer parameters describe
  the number of students required to drag it (e.g. “*drag*3”).
• <ScoreBoard>:
  displays a list of students, ranked by score
• <Paint>:
  renders a palette and enables drawing on the box’s area

For
example:

I
want the students to name the oceans of the world by dragging labels to their
correct location. I must set the Alternative-Text property of the ocean labels
and write “*drag” into it.